Zhang Yizhen is a Chinese politician who is the current chairwoman of the Jiangsu Provincial Committee of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference, in office since January 2022.
10 Facts About Zhang Yizhen
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Zhang Yizhen is a representative of the 19th National Congress of the Chinese Communist Party.
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Zhang Yizhen received her doctor's degree in agriculture from Huazhong Agricultural University in 1998.
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Zhang Yizhen served as deputy dean of the School of Economics and Management in January 1998, and was promoted to the dean position in December 2000.
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Zhang Yizhen joined the Chinese Communist Party in November 1983, and got involved in politics in June 2004, when she was appointed deputy head of Organization Department of the CCP Hebei Provincial Committee.
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Zhang Yizhen was made deputy party secretary of Tangshan in December 2008, concurrently serving as head of Organization Department of the CCP Tangshan Municipal Committee since June 2009.
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In July 2015, Zhang Yizhen was transferred to Beijing and appointed vice minister of Human Resources and Social Security.
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In February 2019, Zhang Yizhen was assigned to south China's Guangdong province, where she took office as head of Organization Department of the CCP Guangdong Provincial Committee.
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Zhang Yizhen was admitted to member of the standing committee of the CCP Guangdong Provincial Committee, the province's top authority.
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In November 2021, Zhang Yizhen was despatched to east China's Jiangsu province and appointed deputy party secretary, and two months later, she became chairwoman of the Jiangsu Provincial Committee of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference, the province's top political advisory body.